This past weekend, we had the great pleasure of participating in Sundance Institute’s Creative Producing Summit, which is an invitation only event that takes place annually at the Sundance Resort in Utah, home of the Sundance Labs. Tucked away high in the mountains, 40 independent filmmakers and 50 industry leaders converged for a weekend of collaborative workshops, panels, pitch sessions, hiking, and fun. A central discussion of the summit was the state of independent filmmaking, which we believe is moving in a positive direction. After thorough coverage of financial models, partnerships, sales, broadcast, and distribution, participants felt confident and energized to move forward with their work. As a partner of Sundance Institute, we had the opportunity to meet one-one-one with a number of extraordinarily talented filmmakers who were selected as fellows for the Summit. On the documentary side, films included: Cartel Land

This past weekend, we had the great pleasure of participating in Sundance Institute’s Creative Producing Summit, which is an invitation only event that takes place annually at the Sundance Resort in Utah, home of the Sundance Labs. Tucked away high in the mountains, 40 independent filmmakers and 50 industry leaders converged for a weekend of collaborative workshops, panels, pitch sessions, hiking, and fun. A central discussion of the summit was the state of independent filmmaking, which we believe is moving in a positive direction. After thorough coverage of financial models, partnerships, sales, broadcast, and distribution, participants felt confident and energized to move forward with their work. As a partner of Sundance Institute, we had the opportunity to meet one-one-one with a number of extraordinarily talented filmmakers who were selected as fellows for the Summit. On the documentary side, films included: Cartel Land (Matthew Heineman), Containment (Rob Moss, Peter Galison); Down by Law (George Amponsah, Dionne Walker); Growing up Coy (Eric Juhola, Jeremy Stulberg); How to Change the World (Jerry Rothwell, Al Morrow); The Movie About Anna (Elizabeth Giamatti); The Peacemaker (James Denmo); Romeo is Bleeding (Jason Zeldes, Michael Klein); Speed Sisters (Amber Fares, Avi Goldstein); (T)error (Lyric Cabral, David Sutclidde, Christopher St. John); Uncertain (Anna Sandilands, Ewan McNicol); Very Semi-Serious (Leah Wolchok); and Warrior Women (Christina King, Dr. Elizabeth Castle). All fellows are working feverishly to submit their films to Sundance 2015. We want to thank Sundance Institute for their relentless work in organizing what we think is one of the best documentary summits of the year. We have never felt so confident with the state of independent film and are excited for what the future brings.

(Matthew Heineman), Containment (Rob Moss, Peter Galison); Down by Law (George Amponsah, Dionne Walker); Growing up Coy (Eric Juhola, Jeremy Stulberg); How to Change the World (Jerry Rothwell, Al Morrow); The Movie About Anna (Elizabeth Giamatti); The Peacemaker (James Denmo); Romeo is Bleeding (Jason Zeldes, Michael Klein); Speed Sisters (Amber Fares, Avi Goldstein); (T)error (Lyric Cabral, David Sutclidde, Christopher St. John); Uncertain (Anna Sandilands, Ewan McNicol); Very Semi-Serious (Leah Wolchok); and Warrior Women (Christina King, Dr. Elizabeth Castle). All fellows are working feverishly to submit their films to Sundance 2015. We want to thank Sundance Institute for their relentless work in organizing what we think is one of the best documentary summits of the year. We have never felt so confident with the state of independent film and are excited for what the future brings.